Speech Processing Solutions Launches Philips SpeechLive Legal Direct and Philips SpeechLive Professional Direct

Speech Processing Solutions, provider of the professional dictation and transcription solutions under the Philips brand, has launched Philips SpeechLive Legal Direct and Philips SpeechLive Professional Direct, which allow legal and other professionals to dictate into supported desktop applications, with recognized text appearing as they speak.

With support of 29 voice commands across 19 languages, these new solutions combine familiar dictation practices with commands covering navigation, selection, editing, formatting, lists, and help functions. Automatic and spoken punctuation provide flexibility in how dictated text is structured. For conversations involving more than one participant, real-time multi-speaker recognition can distinguish different voices and organize recognized speech using speaker identifiers and timestamps.

"SPS transforms professional speech into results," said Thomas Brauner, CEO of Speech Processing Solutions, in a statement. "With SpeechLive Legal Direct and SpeechLive Professional Direct, our portfolio now combines speech recognition at cursor with dictation workflows and optional AI-assisted document creation, offering organizations a clear path to modernize their documentation while retaining the working practices they value."

SpeechLive Legal Direct uses Speech Recognition Legal, which is tuned for specialist legal language, including terminology, citations, references, and frequently used expressions. Vocabulary and Replacements allow for the configuration of regularly used legal terms and preferred written forms.

SpeechLive Professional Direct brings the same real-time, at-the-cursor experience to professionals working across a broad range of industries. Configurable Vocabulary helps recognition adapt to industry terminology, company names, technical expressions, and frequently used phrases, while Replacements allow preferred written forms and recurring expressions to be standardized.

Both solutions are delivered through the redesigned SpeechLive desktop application. They integrate with compatible Philips SpeechMike Premium and Philips SpeechMike Ambient devices, with configurable hardware controls for frequently used dictation functions. Supported button functions include microphone control and selected correction functions. Real-time dictation at the cursor is available through the desktop application, while SpeechLive web supports pre-recorded audio uploads and established SpeechLive workflows.

Legal Direct and Professional Direct complement the Philips SpeechLive AI Assistants, which provide a separate workflow for AI-assisted document creation. The Direct solutions focus on real-time speech recognition and voice-driven document control as a separate offering to AI-assisted drafting. Organizations can choose between speech recognition at cursor, established dictation and transcription workflows, or AI-assisted document drafting according to the requirements of each use case.

Both solutions operate within the established SpeechLive security and data-protection framework, including Microsoft Azure infrastructure, service-region data residency, access controls, and recognized organizational certifications (ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001). Data processing is subject to applicable privacy and data protection requirements, including GDPR. Recognized text remains under professional control and can be reviewed, corrected, and finalized by the user before being used in legal or business documentation.